Legislative Update Resources 2023

The documents below are all the items associated with the Legislative Update for the 88^th Session of the Texas Legislature. Click on each link to download the file.

• Overview of the 88th Sessions of the Texas Legislature, Power Point Presentation (Ten slides with presentation notes/talking points on each slide.)
• Slide Deck of Education Related Bill Summaries Passed by 88th Texas Legislature, Power Point (Presentation version with notes/talking points for each bill.)

• Five Sections – 99 bills from the Regular Session + 1 bill from the 2nd Special Session
  
• Safety – 28 bills; One major bill – HB 3
• Learning – 16 bill summaries + 1 major bill summary for HB 1605 + 2 slides with multiple higher education bills with captions.
• Governance – 13 bill summaries + 1 slide with six election bills with captions and 1 slide with five bills specific to one or a very small group of districts bills and captions.
• School Finance and Property Tax – 7 bill summaries + 1 major bill summary for HB 1 + 3 slides with 20 minor property tax bills.
• Human Resources, TRS & Student Specific – 13 bill summaries

• Individual Bill Summaries (3) – Word documents set up in table format. (These are draft documents to help explain the bills and may or may not be included as a handout.)
  • HB 3 – School and Student Safety
  • HB 1605 – Instructional Materials
  • SB 2 (2nd Special Session)– Property Tax Relief
• Print version of Slide Deck/Bill Book